Bernanke made a speech this morning to other central bankers, economists and journalists at an annual forum in Jackson Hole. There were a number of key phrases Fed watchers were expecting to hear and, ...

Most Americans, understandably, know Ben Bernanke as the person who was head of the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis of 2007-2009 (aka the Great Recession), and who took extraordinary ...

Having an individual, a company or a central bank willing to lend to banks is crucial in responding to financial panics,Former chairman of the Federal Reserve and former economics department chair of ...

Ben Bernanke’s comments about the recession and his reasons for believing that the economy has hit bottom could have been a mimeograph of a dozen other speeches made by Fed chairmen testifying before ...

Susan Walsh/APBen Bernanke on Friday as he left the Federal Reserve for the last time as chairman. After eight years in office, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has left the building. Over the ...

President Obama phoned Senate allies Saturday as two key senators predicted that embattled Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will be confirmed for a second term. Mr. Obama made calls from the ...

Ben Bernanke’s personal memoir of his time at the Federal Reserve and handling of the financial crisis will be titled “The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and Its Aftermath” and will go on sale ...

WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has been praised for averting another Great Depression and accused of acting too late to prevent the financial crisis. But most agree that many of ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke came unusually close to guaranteeing interest rate cuts Thursday. In a speech about the housing market, he said the Fed stands ready to act to support economic ...

Stephen Spruiell is a staff writer for National Review, where he covers politics, policy and economics. Unlike most of the fights in Washington these days, the unexpected trouble over Fed Chairman Ben ...